Ive tried to keep a very open mind about this book, honestly i have, but i just cant stomach it. Roleplaying and preaching just dont mix well in my opinion.
You aproach the evil heathen shaman. quote the scriptures, test his beliefs and try to convert him... If you roll well, maybe youll get a faith point and have a new member of the flock. If you roll bad, well thats tough.. better luck next time. If you roll bad when i GM a game the heathen shaman converts you, and you spend the rest of the saga sacrificing goats, painting yourself blue and singing blasphemous hymns to Yog Sothoth.
Theres absolutely no chance of anything remotely like this ever happening in this ruleset. Roleplaying is about living different lives, being a different person, not putting yourself in an elf disguise and doing exactly the same things you would do in real life. I respect people who think otherwise , but theres absolutely nothing in this game to rouse my interest.
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